Giallo a Venezia (1979)

In Venice a detective is on the trail of a killer who commits a double murder (a married couple) then more grisly killings occur. Sex, drugs, gore and perversions are ingredients of this sadistic and sleazy giallo.

Director:

Mario Landi

Writer:

Aldo Serio (screenplay)

Stars:

Leonora Fani, Jeff Blynn, Gianni Dei

Cast

Cast overview:
Leonora Fani	...	Flavia
Jeff Blynn	...	Insp. Angelo De Pol
Gianni Dei	...	Fabio
Michele Renzullo	...	Andrea Caron
Eolo Capritti	...	Maestrin
Vassili Karis	...	Bruno Nielsen (as Vassili Karamesinis)
Giancarlo Del Duca	...	Alberto
Mariangela Giordano	...	Marzia (as Maria Angela Giordan)

Storyline

Inspector Angelo De Pol (Jeff Blynn) is assigned to the case of a double murder in Venice, the victims were a married couple. He suspects that a psycho killer in on the loose, however during the investigation the inspector discovers that the husband was a sex maniac and a drug addict. Soon afterwards bloody killings begin to occur.

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Plot Keywords:

hard boiled egg | sexual pleasure | graphic nudity | extreme sexual content | sexy woman | 

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Genres:

Crime | Horror | Mystery | Thriller

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Details

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Release Date:

31 December 1979 (Italy)

Also Known As:

Mystery in Venice

Filming Locations:

Venice, Veneto, Italy

Company Credits

Production Co:

Elea Cinematografica

Technical Specs

Runtime:

91 min 99 min (uncut)

Color:

Color (Telecolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

A 35mm print of this film, which contained the unrated version that was considered lost, was found in the attic of a Portuguese dental clinic. The footage was restored and released on Blu-ray in 2016.

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Goofs

In one scene, a man and a woman are having sex and her bare breasts are visible. However, in one facial shot of the man during the same sequence, we can see her reflection in his sunglasses and she is clearly wearing a bra.

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Connections

Referenced in Il ritorno del maestro (Return of the Master) (2018)

User Reviews

A word of warning about this hard to see slasher

This is an extremely rare, hard to find movie which to be quite honest is no bad thing. The version I viewed was in its native Italian tongue and is, as far as i'm aware, the only way anyone's likely to see it. The film begins with the dockside discovery of a murdered man and woman which starts an investigation undertaken by a cop (Jeff Blynn) whose favourite past-time is eating hard boiled eggs! (well Kojak had his lollipops I guess). A series of seemingly unrelated murders start to occur, two of which are very nasty, so nasty in fact that I couldn't possibly describe them on such a family friendly site such as this. An already cheap and cheerful film is cheapened further by endless scenes of a couple participating in various sex games, all backed by a Berto Pisano score which wouldn't seem out of place in one of your dad's "stag" flicks. Needless to say these sub- plots seem to tie up in the end (well...at least I think they do). The term "giallo", is the Italian word for yellow and these thrillers (BIRD WITH THE CRYSTAL PLUMAGE, BLOOD AND BLACK LACE and WHAT HAVE THEY DONE TO SOLANGE? being amongst other examples of this fascinating and addictive genre) have their origins in the mystery books published years ago in Italy, which were distinguishable by their yellow covers. When all's been said and done, I cant really recommend this sleazy, sordid affair (not that it's readily available anyway!), unless your idea of a nice night in is a showing of Lucio Fulci's equally misogynistic (but more fun) THE NEW YORK RIPPER. Happy hunting.....